RIP Ian Curtis

This has nothing to do with gardening, but I thought I'd mention that 30 years ago today, Ian Curtis hanged himself in his own kitchen at the age of 23.  His music was unlike any sound at the time: pure, introspective, angry, and seminal for a completely new sound to come.  It's incredibly sad and a waste, but I also think, inevitable, given his situation and the depression he suffered.  Joy Division is my favorite band, and when you listen to their music today, as well as that of Warsaw, their first incarnation, it still contains the same purity of words and sound, lacking crappy adulterations such as overmixing that seems to be de rigueur in pop music today.